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San Fernando Elementary

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San Fernando Elementary ranks 3669 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

3669^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 37% of California elementary schools

Summary

San Fernando Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 421 students in the San Fernando area, operating within the Los Angeles Unified school district and showing a clear pattern of improvement in recent years.

The school is on a positive upward trend, having moved from a 1-star to a 2-star rating and improving its statewide academic ranking over the last three years; this improvement coincides with a dramatic and impressive drop in chronic absenteeism, which is now better than both district and state averages. A key strength is its effectiveness with Hispanic students, where it ranks above average statewide, and it invests significantly more per student than most nearby schools like Haskell Elementary STEAM Magnet or San Jose Street Elementary.

While test scores are still catching up, the school shows notable grade-level strengths, with fifth graders performing well, and it outperforms averages in Spanish Language Arts. Interesting comparisons arise with very close neighbors: despite similar student demographics and funding, O'Melveny Elementary outperforms it academically, while Haskell Elementary STEAM Magnet achieves higher proficiency with lower spending, highlighting different approaches within the same district.

421

Students ?

20.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$30,273

Per pupil spending ?

94.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1130 Mott St.
San Fernando, CA 91340-4126

(818) 365-3201

District: Los Angeles Unified

Students who attend San Fernando Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	San Fernando Middle
High:	John F. Kennedy High
	Northridge Academy High
	Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.1%

White:

1.4%

Asian:

0.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 27th percentile in 2013 → 37th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (33% vs 41% meeting standards)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 15 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school33%

District avg39%

California avg41%

3,669^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 37%▲ up 23 pts since 2015

From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 37% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

324^th of 487Elementary Schools in the Los Angeles Unified

791^st of 1,543Los Angeles Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.6	3669 of 5857	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.7	4141 of 5869	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.3	4329 of 5859	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.4	4615 of 5883	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.6	4931 of 5789	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.6	5036 of 5662	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	31.1	3748 of 5692	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	25.9	4106 of 5614	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.2	4826 of 5611	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	30.2	4028 of 5530	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	44.5	2976 of 5390	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	31.3	3896 of 5377	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	28.4	3971 of 5314	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	18.5	4536 of 5193	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	23.7	4068 of 5113	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	15.1	4637 of 5113	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	20.4	3971 of 4818	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	22.1	3820 of 4822	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	23.1	3700 of 4809	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	24.3	1771 of 2227	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	46.8	1066 of 2585	58.8%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	41.9	1688 of 3162	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	13.8	3242 of 3245	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.8	3121 of 3311	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.3	2608 of 3275	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.2	2912 of 3246	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.2	3281 of 5597	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.9	4079 of 5612	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.2	4582 of 5609	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.5	4076 of 5635	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.9	5034 of 5492	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.9	4917 of 5413	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.7	2450 of 5107	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.1	2956 of 5107	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.4	3190 of 5087	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.3	3598 of 5084	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.9	3906 of 4963	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.0	4046 of 4830	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	44.4	2844 of 5460	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.9	3707 of 5517	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.7	3512 of 5363	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.2	3560 of 5264	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.7	4111 of 5173	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.7	4215 of 5084	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.6	3808 of 5628	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.2	3810 of 5643	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.7	3626 of 5638	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	19.6	4755 of 5663	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.6	4135 of 5510	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.6	4773 of 5431	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	37.3	1306 of 2420	46.0%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2025)52nd percentile+15 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)48th percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)47th percentile+17 vs school

Special Education (2023)46th percentile+20 vs school

Female (2025)41st percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)32nd percentile-5 vs school

Disabled (2022)20th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy34%-15 vs state

Mathematics33%-5 vs state

Science25%-7 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
San Fernando Elementary	Public	K-5	1130 Mott St.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 365-3201	421	21	20.0	94.3%	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	409 (97.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	33.6	3669^th of 5857 public elementary schools	37.4%		27.7	4141^st of 5869 public elementary schools	29.4%	472	25.5	25.5	37.1	28.2	40.0	34.3	35.2	25.9	40.0	32.7	96.8	96.8		96.8	96.8		$30,273	$5,807	$24,466
O'Melveny Elementary	Public	K-5	728 Woodworth St.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 365-5621	345	17	20.8	93.6%	7 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	334 (96.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	58.8	2127^th of 5857 public elementary schools	63.7%		45.3	2844^th of 5869 public elementary schools	51.5%	717	27.0	27.0	53.3	66.7	47.6	54.9	45.7	54.4	38.1	45.2							$30,969	$5,475	$25,494
Osceola Street Elementary	Public	K-5	14940 Osceola St.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 362-1556	352	17	20.7	90.1%	7 (2.0%)	9 (2.6%)	319 (90.6%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	48.3	2681^st of 5857 public elementary schools	54.2%		41.6	3093^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	47.3%	412	22.9	22.9	51.9	48.0	47.9	49.3	42.3	33.3	35.4	37.1	89.2	92.8	92.8	94.0	92.8	95.2	$26,040	$4,820	$21,220
Morningside Elementary	Public	K-5	576 North Maclay Ave.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 365-7181	408	20	20.3	94.1%	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	398 (97.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	27.5	4167^th of 5857 public elementary schools	28.9%		19.1	4931^st of 5869 public elementary schools	16.0%	764	19.4	19.4	40.3	27.7	31.3	33.2	38.2	24.2	17.9	26.9	90.4	93.6	95.7	92.6	93.6	93.6	$25,700	$5,046	$20,654
Telfair Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	10975 Telfair Ave.	Pacoima	91331	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 896-7411	534	28	19.0	92.3%	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	514 (96.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)	32.6	3761^st of 5857 public elementary schools	35.8%		28.6	4061^st of 5869 public elementary schools	30.8%	300	31.4	31.4	33.0	29.8	31.8	31.5	36.0	26.2	32.6	31.7							$30,497	$6,063	$24,434
San Jose Street Elementary	Public	K-5	14928 Clymer St.	Mission Hills	91345	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 365-3218	638	28	22.7	69.6%	39 (6.1%)	15 (2.4%)	507 (79.5%)	46 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.7%)	63.5	1903^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	67.5%		64.3	1865^th of 5869 public elementary schools	68.2%	38	47.6	47.6	49.0	45.5	58.7	50.9	45.7	45.1	49.5	46.8							$20,746	$4,062	$16,684
Dyer Street Elementary	Public	K-5	14500 Dyer St.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 367-1932	539	25	21.5	92.4%	5 (0.9%)	8 (1.5%)	512 (95.0%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	48.7	2662^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	54.6%		50.8	2518^th of 5869 public elementary schools	57.1%	144	33.3	33.3	42.4	44.1	43.8	43.5	39.1	39.8	41.0	40.0	96.9				96.9		$23,562	$4,787	$18,775
Danube Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	11220 Danube Ave.	Granada Hills	91344	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 366-6463	259	14	18.5	80.7%	21 (8.1%)	6 (2.3%)	190 (73.4%)	13 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (11.2%)	43.4	2984^th of 5857 public elementary schools	49.1%		34.6	3550^th of 5869 public elementary schools	39.5%	566	29.0	29.0	48.6	31.0	38.7	38.9	44.4	45.2	25.8	39.5							$25,795	$4,041	$21,754
El Dorado Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	12749 El Dorado Ave.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 367-5816	364	19	19.1	95.6%	8 (2.2%)	3 (0.8%)	343 (94.2%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	34.8	3599^th of 5857 public elementary schools	38.6%		35	3525^th of 5869 public elementary schools	39.9%	74	23.4	23.4	33.3	26.0	35.6	31.4	50.0	28.3	34.8	37.2							$28,661	$5,539	$23,122
Haskell Elementary Sci Technical Engr Arts And Math (STEAM) Magnet	Public	K-5	15850 Tulsa St.	Granada Hills	91344	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 366-6431	560	26	21.5	74.8%	66 (11.8%)	14 (2.5%)	398 (71.1%)	50 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.7%)	63.3	1911^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.4%		64.6	1844^th of 5869 public elementary schools	68.6%	67	35.7	35.7	55.0	54.4	46.9	52.0	52.8	52.8	42.9	49.3							$21,214	$3,555	$17,659

Frequently Asked Questions about San Fernando Elementary

How many students attend San Fernando Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 421 students attended San Fernando Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of San Fernando Elementary?

Students at San Fernando Elementary are 97% Hispanic, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of San Fernando Elementary attend?

Students who attend San Fernando Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : San Fernando Middle
High : John F. Kennedy High
High : Northridge Academy High
High : Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences

What district is San Fernando Elementary in?

Los Angeles Unified

Is San Fernando Elementary a good school?

San Fernando Elementary ranks 3669^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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